Matching Triples Worksheet
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How we celebrate Christmas has changed over time. Match the event with a time period and location. (Based on article Christmas: Pagan to Puritan to Pay, Pay, Pay! by Paul Giggins in New Standpoints, Dec 2008-Jan 2009).
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BC (Before Christ)
Worshipping many gods and goddesses.
Europe
356AD
Pope Julius I chooses 25th December as Christmas Day.
Rome
4th century
Pagan teacher Libanius comments on the commercialisation of Christmas.
Antioch
5th to 15th centuries
People mainly celebrated pagan traditions like burning the Yule Log.
Europe
11th century
Bishop Nicholas of Smyrna, who became popular as St Nicholas, came from here.
Turkey
5th to 15th centuries
Ephiphany custom of choosing a king with a bean in a cake.
France
1620
Christmas was opposed by the Puritan settlers for the next 200 years.
America
1622
Father Christmas was invented by playwright Ben Jonson.
England
1644
Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas for 10 years.
England
1822
Santa Clause was invented by Clement Clark Moore.
New York
1840
Families began putting up Christmas trees.
Scandinavia
1843
The Victorian classic, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens was published.
Britain
1887
The Times placed the first Christmas advertisement.
London
1890s
Tree ornaments imported from here became popular in the USA.
Germany
1958
Christmas first became an official bank holiday.
Scotland
Write about the history of Christmas compared to another celebration in your country.
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18 December 2013
ShirleyNorrie Author
Works as post-reading activity (details given) fro 20-30 minutes plus writing/discussion.